50MHz - 6m  

Let's see how the band is doing at the moment:

For global plots of 6m QSO's that is updated every three minutes, take a look at dxers.info

Hints & Tips

Other than a period of activity on 6m when I was staying on the Island of Jersey as GJ6CSY, my main activity from the home QTH started in August 2004.

6m 5-ele Tonna below a 2m Tonna

After the 2006 Sporadic-E [Sp-E] season had started for me in May, I experienced the delights of a very quiet band suddenly opening to contacts up to 2000km away. There was a Sporadic-E opening on 6m almost every day during June 2006 and the first part of July 2006. Unfortunately the 2007 season has started much later and with much lower activity. Although the clusters have been showing activity, it has not always extended up in to the U.K. 2008 season started fairly late!

Summary of DXCC entities worked by G6CSY on 6 m. Type of propagation: All Mode: SSB From 01/01/1900 to 19/07/2008 DXCC CALLSIGN DATE 1AØ (Sov. Mil. Order of) 1AØKM 14/07/2007 4X, 4Z (Israel) 4Z4DX 18/06/2006 5B (Cyprus) 5B8AV 11/06/2006 9A (Croatia) 9A5X 26/05/2006 9H (Malta) 9H6A 04/06/2006 CN (Morocco) CN8KD 06/08/2006 CT (Portugal) CT1HZE 07/06/2006 CT3 (Madeira Is.) CT3FQ 01/07/2008 DA-DL (Fed. Rep. of Germany) DK1MAX 03/06/2006 E7 (Bosnia-Herzegovina) T99C 03/06/2006 EA6-EH6 (Balearic Is.) EA6SX 02/06/2006 EA8-EH8 (Canary Is.) EH8BPX 16/07/2006 EA9-EH9 (Ceuta & Melilla) EA9IB 01/07/2006 EA-EH (Spain) EH7AH/P 03/06/2006 EI-EJ (Ireland) EI9E/P 01/07/2006 ES (Estonia) ES4EQ 05/06/2006 F (France) F1EYB 03/06/2006 G, GX (England) G7FWE/P 24/08/2004 GD, GT (Isle of Man) GDØEMG 16/10/2005 GM, GS (Scotland) GM4JYB 13/06/2006 GW, GC (Wales) GW6YB/P 19/06/2005 HA, HG (Hungary) HA8V 26/05/2006 HB (Switzerland) HB9MCZ 11/06/2006 HV (Vatican) HVØA 14/07/2006 I (Italy) IK7UXU 03/06/2006 IS, IM (Sardinia) ISØ/F6DBZ 07/06/2006 K,W,N, AA-AK (USA) NG4C 09/06/2006 KP4 (Puerto Rico) WP4U 05/07/2006 LA-LN (Norway) LB9JE 08/06/2006 LY (Lithuania) LY3W 12/05/2006 LZ (Bulgaria) LZ2ZF 12/06/2006 OE (Austria) OE6BMG 26/05/2006 OF-OI (Finland) OH2LQJ 05/06/2006 OK-OL (Czech Republic) OK2BUC/P 03/06/2006 OM (Slovak Republic) OM3SEM 26/05/2006 ON-OT (Belgium) ON4PS/P 04/06/2006 OZ (Denmark) OZ6OM 03/06/2006 PA-PI (Netherlands) PA6M 17/06/2006 S5 (Slovenia) S54AO 26/05/2006 SA-SM (Sweden) SM7RYO 12/06/2006 SN-SR (Poland) SP6DCO 26/05/2006 SV9 (Crete) SV9CVY 16/06/2006 T7 (San Marino) T77GO 12/06/2006 UR-UZ, EM-EO (Ukraine) UX2KA 03/06/2006 VE, VO, VY (Canada) VO1AU 09/06/2006 YL (Latvia) YL2LW 03/06/2006 YO-YR (Romania) YO7VS 26/05/2006 YT-YU, YZ (Serbia) YU1FW 26/05/2006 YU6,4O3 (Montenegro) YU6AO 26/07/2006 Z3 (Macedonia) Z36W 02/07/2006

Summary of DXCC entities worked by G6CSY on 6 m. Type of propagation: All Mode: CW From 01/01/1900 to 19/07/2008 DXCC CALLSIGN DATE 9A (Croatia) 9A4D 22/06/2008 CT (Portugal) CT1HZE 26/06/2008 EA6-EH6 (Balearic Is.) EA6NB 17/07/2008 EA-EH (Spain) EA3IH 26/06/2008 LY (Lithuania) LY2BAW 02/07/2008 LZ (Bulgaria) LZ1QI 22/06/2008 OF-OI (Finland) OH6GUA 02/07/2008 OY (Faroe Is.) OY/DD1LD 14/07/2008 S5 (Slovenia) S59A 22/06/2008 SA-SM (Sweden) SM4EMO 25/06/2008 SN-SR (Poland) SP8NR 26/06/2008 UR-UZ, EM-EO (Ukraine) US5XD 26/06/2008 YT-YU, YZ (Serbia) YT1TA 22/06/2008

Summary of DXCC entities worked by G6CSY on 6 m. Type of propagation: All Mode: Digital From 01/01/1900 to 19/07/2008 DXCC CALLSIGN DATE 9A (Croatia) 9A/PA4JJ 02/07/2008 G, GX (England) G4DEZ 15/11/2006 OZ (Denmark) OZ1DJJ 17/11/2006 SN-SR (Poland) SP9HWY 18/11/2006 All JT6M......so far

When the Sporadic-E is in full swing and open to the east, the activity plots at dxers.info can show extraordinary distances being worked. Here is a plot showing several Italian stations benefiting from an opening in to Japan, that the rest of Europe missed out on.

 

2008 season
14th August 2008		The opening started with just the two Estonian stations on the band, often peaking 20db over 9. The Ukraine station appeared and was workable for about 40 minutes on SSB. No Italian or Spanish stations in the opening. SM7CMV was a rock-crushing signal in to the UK!
Czech Republic	OL	OM3CND ~ OK2MBP
Estonia	ES	ES5GP ~ ES5QA
Poland	SP	SP9DSD
Sweden	SM	SM7CMV
Ukraine	UR	UR5EDU
24th July 2008		Mainly open to the south east. All of today's Sp-E QSOs suffered from deep QSB. The QSO with CT1FJC was via JT6M. The rest were a mix of SSB and CW.
Balearic Islands	EA6	EA6BB
Bosnia-Herzegovina	E7	E77EY
Croatia	9A	9A1CCY ~ 9A2KD
England	G	M1CXK
France	F	F2YT
Germany	DL	DL4KUG ~ DL50SOP
Italy	I	I0IFO ~ IK5PWI ~ IK2MKL ~ IZ1MKR
Poland	SP	SP6FUN/P
Portugal	CT	CT1FJC
Slovenia	S5	S57S
Switzerland	HB9	HB9DKM/P
17th July 2008		Very very sharply defined north/south opening. Just EA and EA6 heard and worked.
Balearic Islands	EA6	EA6FG ~ EA6NB
Spain	EA	EA5OT ~ EA4FL/P ~ EA5BS ~ EA5AJX ~ EB5CNK/P
14th July 2008		Very quiet other than a short skip QSO with the GM station, then out of no where, the two Faroe Island stations were heard, called and worked on CW, for a new DXCC on 6m. My first Sp-E opening to the north east.
Faroe Islands	OY	OY/DD1LD ~ OY1CT
Scotland	GM	GM4WJA
5th July 2008		The 6m section of the RSGB VHF NFD. Worked EA9 before the contest, and HA/LZ after the contest, but just 6m tropo during the contest!
England	G	G3RCV/P ~ M0RRC/P ~ G0ROC/P ~ M0BPQ/P ~ G5LK/P ~ G5XV/P ~ G4HRC/P ~ M0XXT/P
Netherlands	PA	PA6M
2nd July 2008		Very widespread. Initially only south east and north west short skip to France and Germany. Conditions then improved and the longer skip started. Around midday several previously worked Italians started to appear. The 'pink' contact below was an unexpected JT6M QSO with 9A/PA4JJ. Heard him calling CQ and we completed in 3 overs each side. A decode of the exchange can be found on the WSJT page.
Croatia	9A	9A/PA4JJ
Finland	OH	OH3BHL ~ OH6GUA
France	F	F6IRF ~ F4EGG ~ F2JD
Lithuania	LY	LY2BAW
Poland	SP	SP9DSD
Scotland	GM	GM8IEM
Sweden	SM	SM3EVR
27th & 28th June 2008		Had a run on 50.150MHz to OZ/DP/DL lasting for 10 minutes. Only one station worked on CW. No beacons heard. Very little Italian activity. The CT was the only station worked on the 28th. Band opened on both evenings to the USA, especially to the north, but none heard at this QTH....VERY DISAPPOINTING!!!
Bosnia-Herzegovina	T9	T99W
Croatia	9A	9A6CM
Denmark	OZ	OZ8FR ~ OZ6FE ~ OZ1HUF ~ OZ3AEV ~ OZ3TT
Germany	DL	DD3SP ~ DL4BQL ~ DF9SEY ~ DJ6TK
Italy	I	IZ0FWE
Poland	SP	SP7DRV ~ SP5GMM ~ SQ7GDS ~ SQ7DQX ~ SP3EPX/4
Portugal	CT	CT4RC
Sweden	SM	SM7A
26th June 2008		The focus of the Sp.E changed throughout the morning. The session started with the CT station alone on the band. The Ukraine station was suffering deep QSB. The rest were there one minute and gone the next. Had a short SSB run lasting about 10 minutes. Worked SSB and CW.
Czech Republic	OL	OM5MZ
Italy	I	I0SNY ~ IK5FKF/M ~ I5GKS ~ IK5CXK ~ I5WVI ~ IW1AZJ
Poland	SP	SP8NR
Portugal	CT	CT1HZE
Spain	EA	EA3NJ ~ EA3IH
Ukraine	UR	US5XD
25th June 2008		North east opening today. Earlier the DX clusters showed lots of north/south activity over middle Europe. The three more distant contacts appeared out of the noise with deep QSB, then quiet for about 30 minutes, when the three closer stations appeared. No beacons heard though. Worked SSB and CW.
Estonia	ES	ES5GP ~ ES1LBK/2
Finland	OH	OH5GJZ
24th June 2008		No beacons heard, just one Italian station calling CQ.
Italy	I	IZ7EUH
22nd June 2008		Finally replaced the 5-ele Trident with a new 5-ele Tonna. Commitments meant I could only spend an hour in the RSGB 50MHz Trophy contest, early on the Sunday morning. Started off quietly with only G/GD heard, then a 49 minute opening to the Balkans, with stations on SSB and CW. Usual set up, 5W QRP from an Icom IC-7400. Worked 20 stations in total.
Bulgaria	LZ	LZ1QI ~ LZ5QD/P
Croatia	9A	9A4D ~ 9A8A ~ 9A5Y ~ 9A5MT
England	G	G4DEZ ~ G5B ~ G0AEV ~ G3WIR/P ~ G8N ~ M0WLF ~ G0VHF/P ~ G4HRC/P
Hungary	HA	HA3UU
Isle of Man	GD	MD6V
Serbia & Montenegro	YU	YU1AS ~ YT3N ~ YT1TA
Slovenia	S5	S59A
2007 season ended !
As of 22nd August 2007		The season appears to be well and truly over. After the last good opening on 22nd July, there were one or two minor openings with 2-3 previously worked stations being heard on the band. Not as good as 2006 !!!
22nd July 2007		Back to the more usual type of opening, although again with a marked lack of activity. 1A0KM was very strong, but had a very loud audio frequency whine on the signal. Tried to tell him but he didn't care!
Italy	I	I5OYY
Sovereign Military Order of Malta	1A	1A0KM
Spain	EA	EA1HF
Switzerland	HB9	HB9DTX/P
21st July 2007		One of the rarer openings, where the Sporadic-E is north-east, giving an opening to Scandinavia. Unfortunately the activity did not do justice to the potential DX available. several new squares worked. The EA station was peaking at S9+10db at times, then dropping to around S3 in some very deep QSB.
Finland	OH	OH6MAZ
Spain	EA	EA5ADH
Sweden	SM	SM6CLU ~ SA9ACR ~ SM5CZQ
15th July 2007		The opening was very 'narrow'. No Italians today! The opening was further north, and longer. Only worked nine station in the limited time available, but managed to work three Ukrainian stations. The QSO with UR5MID in KN98oo has a QRB of 2777km from my grid square. This is in excess of the normally accepted 'upper limit' for single-hop Sporadic-E, which is around 2200km for a Sporadic-E cloud at 105km altitude.
Czech Republic	OL	OK2GM
Germany	DL	DL7VEE
Poland	SP	SP9CP ~ SP7HKK ~ SQ6KV ~ SO5GB
Ukraine	UR	UX3HX ~ UR5MID ~ UX2KA/P
14th July 2007		After a quiet Sp-E week, what a way to start an opening, 1A0KM "Sovereign Military Order of Malta" for a new DXCC on 6m, and all before the pileups started! A 'usual' opening, with activity mainly from Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. No Spanish or Scandinavian stations heard or worked. Best DX on the day was UZ5DU in KN18md for a distance of 1677.64 km, just beating YO2LGH at 1667.22 km.
Austria	OE	OE3BCA
Croatia	9A	9A4A ~ 9A2KL ~ 9A1CRS
England	G	M1BXF
Hungary	HA	HA8QB ~ HA8UJ
Italy	I	IK5/DK3EE ~ IK0VVG ~ IK5JWQ ~ IZ6FZS ~ IK5EKL ~ I4VOS ~ IZ7BAS ~ IA3GM ~ IK5RLP ~ I6NO ~ I0/LZ2OG ~ IZ3GKD ~ IK6NUZ
Romania	YO	YO2LGH
Sardinia	IS0	IS0KEB
Serbia & Montenegro	YU	YU1UA ~ YT1AR ~ YU1ACR
Slovenia	S5	S51CK ~ S57AC ~ S54G ~ S57Q
Sovereign Military Order of Malta	1A	1A0KM
Ukraine	UR	UZ5DU
7th July 2007		The weekend of the RSGB VHF NFD contest, with 6m activity on the Saturday. There was a fantastic opening to the USA and Canada, with VE1YX and K1AC booming in, BUT, the pileups were horrendous and I couldn't get through them! Best DX worked was 9A4VV in JN82IW at 1561km. The opening to the east was very area specific, with only Croatian stations being heard and worked. The short-skip Belgian station was most welcomed, as activity from that country is not that common. The same time there was a tropo opening on 2m to GM, EI, F, ON, PA and DL.
Belgium	ON	ON4IQ
Croatia	9A	9A6V ~ 9A5ST ~ 9A6NCM ~ 9A4VV
England	G	G3GHN/P ~ G4OHM/P ~ G4NPH/P ~ G5XV/P ~ G3SRC/P ~ G0FBB/P ~ G3RCV/P
23rd June 2007		Did not hear any stations to the east today. The usual German, Croatian and Hungarian stations were all missing. The Spanish stations were a lot stronger than the few Italians worked on the band, although I logged four Italian beacons at between S3 and S7 with deep QSB. Again high winds prevented the mast being raised to full height.
Italy	I	IK0OER ~ IZ6GSB ~ I0IFO
Spain	EA	EA3BFX ~ EC5CFM ~ EA5/ON4LO ~ AO5TT ~ EA7DUD
21st June 2007		Very little activity on the band. There was some band-1 timebase noise but it did not last long. High winds prevented the mast being raised to full height. The clusters showed Italian stations working in to Japan! Neither end was heard here though...
England	G	G4KQH
Poland	SP	SP9MQB
Slovenia	S5	S57AC
16th June 2007 17th June 2007		The weekend of the 48hr SMIRK contest, and of the 24hr RSGB contest. Once again, the band started the day with a fantastic Sp-E opening which then all but died out just as the RSGB contest started! The cluster showed some EA and I stations working to the USA and the Caribbean, but nothing heard here. Called several Ukrainian stations during the contest but unable to penetrate the pileups. No new DXCC worked but several new squares picked up. Surprised at the lack of activity from Spain and Italy. The day consisted mainly of Sp-E single hop in to EU, with tropo into G/GW. TA and CT3 were heard but not worked.
Bosnia-Herzegovina	T9	T96C
Croatia	9A	9A1V
Czech Republic	OL	OK1KOK ~ OK2UHP ~ OK2FRP
England	G	G0VJG ~ G4DEZ ~ G4DBL ~ G3MEH ~ 2E0CVN ~ G4WGE/P ~ G8T ~ G4HRC/P ~ G4ZAP/P ~ G0AEV ~ M0DDT ~ G0VHF/P ~ M5FUN/P ~ G4NXO/P ~ G7RIH ~ M5BFL
Germany	DL	DL7DF ~ DG1NOE ~ DK3WG ~ DG0UHF ~ DM2BZD ~ DL1VJL ~ DG2VE
Hungary	HA	HA6NF ~ HA3UU ~ HA6ZB
Isle of Man	GD	MD6V
Italy	I	IZ4GWE ~ IZ5EKV ~ I0FHZ ~ IZ5EME
Latvia	YL	YL2LW
Lithuania	LY	LY3A
Morocco	CN8	CN8KD
Netherlands	PA	PA6M
Poland	SP	SP7FSF ~ SP7AID ~ SQ9CWO ~ SP7EBM ~ SP8PAI
Portugal	CT	CT1DHM
Serbia & Montenegro	YU	YU1JB
Slovak Republic	OM	OM3BC ~ OM3ZAS ~ OM9ACA
Spain	EA	EA5DIT ~ EA5AX
Ukraine	UR	US0YW ~ UR7D
Wales	GW	GW6YB/P ~ GW4BVY/P
14th June 2007		Lots of cross Europe activity, but from the UK, only Italian stations were being worked, and on a very narrow beam heading. The cluster showed DL, ON, LZ and HA stations active, but not being worked from here.
Italy	I	IK4WTU ~ IK7FPV ~ IK6DIO ~ IK4GMH
13th June 2007		Very much a north/south Sp-E opening. The CT0SIX beacon was S2 with QSB but readable. No new DXCC but several new squares.
Ceuta and Melilla	EA9	EA9IB
Morocco	CN8	CN8KD
Portugal	CT	CT1ANO ~ CT1ESJ ~ CT1FMX
Spain	EA	EH1DIH
9th June 2007		An unusual Sp-E session! No Italians or Spanish stations worked, but the long distance Ukraine station was booming in. Some deep QSB at times. No new DXCC but several new grids worked. The LA1UW QSO was against 'the flow' of the Sp-E being worked.
England	G	M3RCV
Hungary	HA	HA6NL
Norway	LA	LA1UW
Serbia & Montenegro	YU	YU7KO
Ukraine	UR	US0YW/P
2nd June 2007 3rd June 2007		The weekend of the UKSMG Summer Contest. Missed most of the contest, but managed to work 25 stations, but no new DXCC. The EA6 and EA7 contacts both suffered from deep QSB. The backscatter QSO's in to G were very weak off the back of the beam, but several new squares worked. The European DX was worked mainly on the Sunday. I0JX was peaking 15db over S9 at times!
Balearic Islands	EA6	EA6VQ
Bulgaria	LZ	LZ2HM
Croatia	9A	9A6LNH ~ 9A3GI ~ 9A2PT
England	G	G5WQ/P ~ M5BFL ~ G0AEV ~ G5KW ~ G8PL ~ G7FBD ~ G1YQH ~ G1ZJP ~ G7RIS/P ~ G0IFC/P
Italy	I	IF9/I2ADN ~ IW6ATQ ~ IK5ZUL ~ IW7EBE ~ I0JX ~ I7OXH ~ IK6FBB
Serbia & Montenegro	YU	YZ1AU
Slovak Republic	OM	S59A
Spain	EA	EA7/G8LZG
27th May 2007		First Sporadic-E heard here for 2007. Band fairly quiet but did managed to work EG7SIX in IM67 for a new callsign in the log.
2006 season ended !
6th August 2006		Lots of east/west Sp-E, with a number of very loud HA stations on the band [had worked all of them previously!]. Saw CN8KD spotted on the cluster. Went to his frequency but heard nothing. Nine minutes later he appeared out of the noise at 5/7 calling CQ. A quick call and a new DXCC of Morocco was in the log for 6M. This was the last Sp-E opening of 2006 that I worked. Did not hear any 'winter' openings.
Hungary	HA	HA1XR
Morocco	CN8	CN8KD
Slovak Republic	OM	OM3XI
1st August 2006		A strange afternoon! Short-skip from JO01/IO91 going up to Scotland but with some deep QSB. The cluster showed GW/GI working in to LX and HB9, but neither end point heard here. The GB3LER beacon was going from S2 to over S9 every 20-30 seconds. All three QSO's were with new squares.
Norway	LA	LA4CQ
Scotland	GM	GM6VXB ~ GM4FAM
26th July 2006		After over a week of 6m being very quiet with little or no Sporadic-E, it burst in to life this morning. Primarily shortish skip to the south-east, with some longer distance contacts to the higher power stations, also in the south-east. Until around 10:00GMT the Band-1 timebase noise was horrendous, all but wiping out the weaker stations. Once the noise dropped, the DX came back in. Heard C31JM calling CQ but he was being squashed by a French station calling CQ 600Hz up, and an Italian station calling CQ 1.2kHz down. Worked YU6AO in Macedonia for a new DXCC.
Austria	OE	OE3BCA
Czech Republic	OL	OK1FM
Croatia	9A	9A6PJZ
France	F	F6BLQ ~ F/PE1CZG ~ F1VS ~ F8CIL ~ F2JD
Italy	I	I1BSN ~ I5/PA1Q ~ IZ3FJZ
Montenegro	YU6	YU6AO
Portugal	CT	CT1FUH
Switzerland	HB9	HB9LCW
17th July 2006		A very good morning to 6m activity. Today's opening was a combination of east to west sporadic-E [to Poland etc circa 1400km], with east to west short-skip [to EI etc circa 900km]. No activity to the south east or south [only one Italian and one Spanish station worked]. Sat on a frequency and called CQ for a change. The QRP CQ'ing gave a string of nine contacts in only thirteen minutes. EJ3GJB/P gave a new IOTA [EU-007 ~ Blasket Islands] on 6m.
Austria	OE	OE1DWC
Balearic Islands	EA6	EA6/M0DLL
Czech Republic	OL	OK1AJY ~ OK2TAS ~ OK1VDJ
Eire	EI	EJ3GJB/P ~ EI5FK
England	G	G8AXA
Finland	OH	OH1AF
Germany	DL	DL4CV ~ DJ5DN ~ DL3MR
Hungary	HA	HA5BSW
Italy	I	IW9GVZ
Poland	SP	SP9HFW ~ SP8AWL/4 ~ SP8LXE ~ SQ9HZM ~ SP7MTF ~ SP6QKT ~ SP7HKK ~ SP7ATY
Slovak Republic	OM	OM5KM ~ OM50KKF
Sweden	SM	SM4DHF
16th July 2006		CQ WW VHF contest taking place. Inter-Europe Sp-E opening under way, along with North Africa and Azores/Madeira Island activity, but not spreading northwards to the UK! The clusters reported widespread activity but hard going from England/JO01. Worked EH8BPX on the Canary Islands for a new DXCC.
Canary Islands	EA8	EH8BPX
England	G	G0BRC ~ M3RCV ~ G4DEZ
Portugal	CT	CT1DHM
Spain	EA	EB1EHT
15th July 2006		Heard no W/VE beacons, but without warning KB4XK from North Carolina popped up out of the noise and was worked with a 5/2 report. The CQ WW VHF contest taking place but the band very quiet in Europe.
Portugal	CT	CT1DHM
Romania	YO	YO5BED
Spain	EA	EB1EHT
USA	K	KB4XK
14th July 2006		Although fairly quiet, the opening was directed towards Italy. The new DXCC contact with Vatican City HV0A was unexpected. I heard HV0A calling CQ with no replies, called him and got an immediate reply with 5/9 reports both ways.
Italy	I	IK7FPV
Vatican City	HV	HV0A
13th July 2006		A small inter-Europe opening during the morning. As well as those stations listed below that I worked, I also heard several Croatian and Italian stations that I have worked previously. For the past few late afternoon/early evenings, 6m had opened to the east coast of the USA, and especially to the Caribbean, but not today!
Austria	OE	OE6WIG ~ OE3BCA
Croatia	9A	9A5ID
Hungary	HA	HA8QB ~ HA6NN ~ HA8BS ~ HA3HV
Italy	I	IK5DHL
Spain	EA	EB1EHT
11th July 2006		Another very quiet morning with little or no activity heard or being worked. Only managed one QSO.
Balearic Islands	EA6	EH6CC
9th July 2006		Italian beacons were up slightly, as was CT0SIX, but with little or no activity being heard or worked. Some loud band-1 timebase noise apparent at times.
Italy	I	IT9KSS
Spain	EA	EB1DNK
7th July 2006		Another widespread Sp-E opening that covered most of Europe. Came across the Canadian station, VO1HE, on the back of my beam, while tuning across the band looking for eastern European stations. Very pleased to work some short-skip French stations.
Austria	OE	OE9MON/9/M
Balearic Islands	EA6	EB6AOK
Canada	VE	VO1HE
England	G	M0GWS
France	F	F6FTC ~ F1VJQ
Germany	DL	DJ7JM ~ DL1NUX
Hungary	HA	xx
Italy	I	IZ1GCV
Slovak Republic	OM	OM1AX ~ OM7CF ~ OM7CB
Slovenia	S5	S56P
Spain	EA	EA3AR ~ EA1BBE
6th July 2006		A widespread opening that covered most of Europe. The QSO with the Norwegian mobile station was unexpected, as he called me while I was CQ'ing with QRP down to Spain. Very few Italian stations heard or worked.
Balearic Islands	EA6	EH6DD
Croatia	9A	9A1CTL
Czech Republic	OL	OK1VFA ~ OK2MBP ~ OK1AGE
Denmark	OZ	OZ1KVM ~ OZ6PI
Estonia	ES	ES6DO
Hungary	HA	HA6NN
Italy	I	I5XDL
Norway	LA	LA4FUN/M
Poland	SP	HF40BRP ~ SP7AWG ~ SP9DSD
Slovak Republic	OM	OM7OA
Spain